Eliminating the shell game: Using writing-assignment names to integrate disciplinary learning

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-90

  Shaver, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Business genres; Disciplinary writing; Writing across the curriculum; Writing assignments; Writing assignment names

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751317409     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: 15524574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651906293532     Document Type: Conference Paper

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